Moapa Band of Paiute Indians

Background

The Moapa River Indian Reservation lies about eight miles west of Glendale, Nevada, at the junction of Interstate 15 and State Route 168, roughly 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Nevada's Department of Native American Affairs gives the land base as 71,294 acres and sets out how it was arrived at, starting with an executive order of March 12, 1873 that created the reservation. A second order of February 12, 1874 enlarged it to about two million acres. An Act of March 3, 1875 cut it back to 1,000 acres, and Public Law 96-491 of December 2, 1980 added 70,565.46 acres. The Tribe organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934, and its constitution and by-laws were approved on April 17, 1942. The Tribe's own website was unreachable when this page was checked, so nothing here comes from it.

Parks on its homelands

Arches National Park

The Moapa Band of Paiutes holds the first Southern Paiute reservation, established in 1872 in Nevada. NPS counts the Southern Paiute along the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau. Source

Grand Canyon National Park

In 1872 the federal government set aside the first Southern Paiute reservation, and the Moapa Band of Paiutes still holds it in Nevada. Source

Programs

• Environmental

  Nevada's Department of Native American Affairs lists Environmental among the Tribe's programs, alongside Headstart, health clinic services, a housing authority, judicial and tribal court services, law enforcement, agriculture and irrigation, and vocational rehabilitation.

  https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/·land

Sources

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
• https://dnaa.nv.gov/tribal-nations/tribal-directory/
• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-I20-7c574376ddd61a0bbeebf206d4001fe5/pdf/GOVPUB-I20-7c574376ddd61a0bbeebf206d4001fe5.pdf

Checked September 2026.

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